Honours course

Honours in Music

Honours in Music provides an opportunity for you to undertake dedicated, advanced work in the areas of music performance, composition, and/or musicology (including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, psychology of music, music sociology, and music education). Students may choose to specialise in liturgical music.

You will acquire comprehensive research, technical, analytical, and critical skills as you develop your area(s) of specialisation. Honours in music opens the door to postgraduate study options at national and international centres of music excellence, while at the same time providing you with enhanced employment opportunities in areas such as music performance, music teaching, composing, arranging, arts management, journalism, librarianship, and community music.

Outcomes: Students are able to (1) undertake dedicated, advanced work in the areas of music performance, composition or musicology (historical musicology, ethnomusicology, psychology of music, music sociology and music education); (2) develop in-depth knowledge of a chosen specialist area; and (3) acquisition of comprehensive research, technical, analytical and critical skills that culminate in a public recital, a composition portfolio or a dissertation.

Entry requirements: the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of the Music Studies major.

Intake periods: Beginning of year and mid-year (mid-year intake for part-time study only)

for Music Honours Research (musicology): an average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of the Music Studies major, or equivalent;
for Music Honours Research (composition or performance): an average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of the Music Studies major and 65 per cent in the Level 3 units in the Specialist Music Studies majors (including MUSC3541 Practical Music 5andMUSC3542 Practical Music 6), or equivalent.